Toothbrush



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W. R. DOUGAN 'rooTuBnUsn Filed April 9. 1926 Wfa i 16 to i PatentedANov. 1927.

UNITED "STA T/Es' PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROBERT D UAN, I' SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOQTHBBUS.

Application led April 9,

-IA increase the circulation of blood through thel gums to strengthenthe teethand insure a healthy condition of the s.

A11 Important object of the invention is tov provide a device of thischaracter which may be readily slipped over the handle of a tooth brushso that the same may be conveniently operated, the handle of the toothbrush acting as the sup .ort for the massaging device. A still fur erobject of thev lnvention -is rovide a device of this character which wil.operate-on both sides of the gums simultaneously.. v Y

With the foregoing vandother objects in view-v which will appear as thedescription i0. roceeds, thel invention resides in the comination andarrangement of'parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it bein understood that changes in the precise emodiment ofthe invention herein disclosed, may be lmade within the scopeof lwhatlis claimed, Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.V

Referring tothe drawing: I Figure 1 is `an elevational view of one.-sideoit' a device constructed 'in accordance with the invention.

Figure 3' is averticallyv sectionall view through the massaging device.

Y -Figure 4 is an end levationalf view thereo Referrin @to rthe drawingin detail, the- 40 reference' c aracter indicates a'tooth brushby'thegdrawing. Formed integral with the 8, the outer end thereof beinglthe massaging result.

Figure 2 is a front elevationalview therey' 1926. Serial i No. 100,934.

bod portionl 5 is an extension 7 which is 'I pre erably round in crosssection and relatively wide, so that the same will contact with a greatportioniof the gums of the user.

Associated with the portion 7 is an outwardly extended substantiallywide portion extended inwardly as at 9 to contact wit the .gums-at theopposite sides of the teeth, the space between the members 7 and 8 beingoccupied .by

the teeth of the person using the-device,A when the `device ispositioned to accomplish In order that a. certain amount of pressurewill vbe exerted against the gums, the members 7 and 8 are reiniorced bya flexible wire 1 0 which is embedded therein during the construction ofthe massaging device, and in view of the fact that 'the device isformed' preferably 'of rubber, the positioning of the member 10 may beaccomplished with facil- .ity during the construction of the device.

In the use of the device, itis obvious that the device may. bepositioned within the mouth so that the substantially wide portions.thereof will contact with lthe gums at points adjacent to the Vbases ofthe teeth, whereupon a movement directed thereto, slmilar to themovement of a toothbrush be1ng`operated `for `cleaning' the teeth, willincrease the icirculation of blood through the gums to strengthen thelteeth-and insurea healthy condition of the I claim: A massaging deviceincluding 'a body ortion having spaced gumv engaging mem ers of loopconstruction, one of the gum engaf gums at all times.

' ing members being vcurved towards the a jacent gum engaging member,' awire embed-- ded in each gumengaging member, the' wires conforming tothe shapes `of the gum^`engag ving members and extending throughout theentire lengths thereof to normally hold the gum engaging members againstdistortion', and said body ortion having a socket to receive the-hand eof a tooth brush.

,In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ture. v WILLIAMROBERTDOUGAN.

own, I have hereto aixed my signa-

